Which college in Raleigh/Durahm

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I have been researching nursings schools in the Raleigh area for about a year now.

Can anyone tell me about Durham Tech, Vance Granville, Watts Nursing School, ECPI?

This is such a transition for me & I need some good advice.

Thanks!

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.

Hi, there

You can check out pass rates here: http://www.ncbon.com/LicStat-CATRNWEB.asp

I thought you were still taking classes at Wake Tech? I just started NUR 135, and boy is it hectic!!

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Hi, there

You can check out pass rates here: http://www.ncbon.com/LicStat-CATRNWEB.asp

I thought you were still taking classes at Wake Tech? I just started NUR 135, and boy is it hectic!!

Thank you for the link.

I hope your studies at WakeTech are going well for you..

I didnt get into WakeTech this Fall, so I was looking around for another option? I may end up trying again next Fall 06?

Have you started clinicals yet? How are they going?

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.
Thank you for the link.

I hope your studies at WakeTech are going well for you..

I didnt get into WakeTech this Fall, so I was looking around for another option? I may end up trying again next Fall 06?

Have you started clinicals yet? How are they going?

No, we have orientation to the hospitals on the 31st, then clinicals start when we get back from the Labor Day holiday. I'm on 6B at Wake Med which is orthopedics with some oncology overflow.

Guess I'll be doing lots of Fragmin injections and PICC line dressing changes. We also have >1 patient this semester and take turns being Team Leader aka charge nurse (of student nurses, of course).

Are you still taking pre-reqs?

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Specializes in Assisted Living.

Check out Johnston Community College in Smithfield at http://www.johnstoncc.edu. The program is intense, but the facts speak for themselves. Just look at the NCLEX passing rate on the NC Board of Nursing web-site.

Good luck!

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Specializes in CV Surgery Step-down.
Check out Johnston Community College in Smithfield at http://www.johnstoncc.edu. The program is intense, but the facts speak for themselves. Just look at the NCLEX passing rate on the NC Board of Nursing web-site.

Good luck!

I'd second that on JCC. Intense program, fast-paced and great instructors!

Are you in my class??

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A couple of my friends enrolled in the ADN program at Vance-Granville. They were terribly disappointed ... they thought that the program was disorganized, some (not all) faculty inept, unfair policies ... the list goes on. Just look at the most current NCLEX pass rate (I think it was 74%?) - that speaks for itself.

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ECPI would be a poor choice out of the ones you have listed. Out of the ones listed the one that I have consistently seen EXCELLENT students and nurses from is Watts. Of course, it is a diploma program, so that may be a plus or minus for you.

Good Luck.

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
A couple of my friends enrolled in the ADN program at Vance-Granville. They were terribly disappointed ... they thought that the program was disorganized, some (not all) faculty inept, unfair policies ... the list goes on. Just look at the most current NCLEX pass rate (I think it was 74%?) - that speaks for itself.

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Specializes in Cath Lab, OR, CPHN/SN, ER.

Consider this when talking about NCLEX pass rates-

How many students graduated? If 5 people from one school took thier NCLEX and passed, that's 100%, right?

So what if 45 people graduated? Three fail, that changes the numbers quite a bit- it can reflect badly on a school because not all of the info is there. -Andrea

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https://www.ncbon.com/LicStat-CATRNWEB.asp

This list gives how many attempted the test, how many passed, and the pass rate...

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Consider this when talking about NCLEX pass rates-

How many students graduated? If 5 people from one school took thier NCLEX and passed, that's 100%, right?

So what if 45 people graduated? Three fail, that changes the numbers quite a bit- it can reflect badly on a school because not all of the info is there. -Andrea

Very good point, Andrea, and one which most people don't consider. Usually student retention rates and NCLEX passage rates are inversely proportional. GENERALLY, if first-time NCLEX passage rates are very high, then student retention rates will be correspondingly low. The school may be safeguarding its NCLEX-passage rate reputation by aggressively "weeding out" the weaker students. The NCBON just passed a reg (21 NCAC 36. 0320) stating the average NCLEX passage scores for a school must be within 95% of the national average (which is an ever-changing benchmark). This will put enormous pressure on schools of nursing in North Carolina to return to the "bootcamp" era and weed out (rather than retain) the poorer-performing students.

IMHO, a healthy passage rate is in the mid to upper 80's, low 90's. This means that the program is still of sufficient quality for a healthy majority of the graduates to pass NCLEX on the first try, but the program is also "student friendly" and making an effort to retain weaker students.

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